Item Description: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1981. Cloth. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg; Color Illustrations (illustrator). Square 4to; [32] pages. A beautiful First Printing of the First Edition in Fine condition, bound in dark olive green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and on front cover. Fine dust-jacket with Van Allsburg's illustrations on front and back panel. Van Allsburg created highly detailed black-and-white illustrations with conté pencil with conté dust. Signed and dated "2013" on the title page; Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1982. Peter and Judy find a peculiar board game in the park and finally decide to try it on one boring afternoon. The spaces on the board come to live, and the children find themselves in the middle of a true adventure. Basis for the 1995 movie starring Robin Williams, Jonathan Hyde, Kirsten Dunst First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 26555

Item Description: Houghton Mifflin Co. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1981. First edition. Oblong 4to green cloth stamped in gilt. A fine copy in an about fine dust jacket which has only slight rubbing at the spine tips and a few short closed tears. SIGNED and dated by Van Allsburg on the title page. Uncommon thus. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 1878

Item Description: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1981. Cloth. Book Condition: Collectible; Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Chris Van Allsburg (illustrator). First Edition. SIGNED BY CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 1st edition of this beloved Caldecott winner. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with several very small closed tears along the panel edges. Oblong quarto, includes a laid-in original photo of Van Allsburg at a recent book signing. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 10116

Item Description: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. Hardcover. Book Condition: Used: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 11 1/2 X 10. STATED FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION THUS 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Copyright 1981 by Chris Allsburg, USED. Clean and nice Exlib. One small stamp on title page, otherwise no marking or stamping appears. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. Original cover price $12.95. SIGNED BY AUTHOR CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG ON THE TITLE PAGE. JACKET BEARS THE GOLD CALDECOTT MEDAL EMBLEM. This emblem is affixed and is not printed on the cover. Has a little dye transfer from front canary yellow endpaper to corner of title page. Story Synopsis: Two children find an enchanted board game that leads them on an incredible, life-long adventure. Original source material for the film of the same name starring Robin Williams. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 5662

Item Description: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1981. First edition. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Signed by Chris Van Allsburg on the title page and he has added a drawing. Near fine a good dust jacket. "Mr. Van Allsburg's illustrations have a beautiful simplicity of design, balance, texture, and a subtle intelligence beyond the call of illustration" (The New York Times). The basis for the 1995 Joe Johnston film starring Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, and Kirsten Dunst. Bookseller Inventory # 4271

Item Description: HMH Books for Young Readers. Book Condition: Very Good. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. Signed. First printingâ€"no Caldecott emblem on the dust jacket. Dust jacket in very good condition, lightly rubbed and with a small tear on spine. Green clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering, in very good condition. Covers are lightly rubbed. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked, though a couple of the pages show a hint of creasing on one of the edges. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are not numbered. Bookseller Inventory # Rare-BC1-00057

Item Description: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1981, 1st Hardcover Edition 29th printing., 1981. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Oblong (11 1/4 x 10 1/4 in). 4to. FLAT SIGNED and dated (2004) by Chris Van Allsburg on full title page; not a personal inscription. Author's second children's book and Caldecott Medal Winner (gold sticker on front cover) is NEAR FINE in apple-green cloth boards with copper lettering on front cover and at spine. A very sharp-looking copy: no p.o. names labels inscriptions or bookplates; it's clean, tightly-bound, unmarked, w/o smudges, and only a very small (maybe 1/4 in.) and faded spot at top edge near spine, very unobtrusive; edges and corners solid and strong. The NEAR FINE unclipped (orig price $18.95) DJ is mylar-protected and shows no creases, tears (let alone 4-inch long ones), or chips; no fading to either the spine of book itself or its DJ; very minor shelf wear at tips of folds and top/bottom spine, forgivable for its 29 years. Illustrations of monkeys, rhinos, large adults sitting on children's playhouses, pythons on mantles -- the everyday and the extraordinary. A superior if not pristine copy. Title now out of print in hard cover. Unpaginated but approx. 30 pp. [House]. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0. Signed by Illustrator(s). Bookseller Inventory # 10-0926MT02913

Item Description: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, 1981. Hard Cover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Chris Van Allsburg (SIGNED) (illustrator). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by the author/illustrator in 1991 on the title page, this Caldecott Gold Medal winner is excellent. Mylar-protected dust-jacket has only slight bumping at the corners. The binding and interior are immaculate. "Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game." A nice copy!. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 001580

Item Description: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by van Allsburg on half title page. For Alec with a drawn monkey and signed and dated. Green cloth over boards. Yellow endpapers. Clean throughout. DJ price clipped. Has Caldecott Medal sticker on front panel of DJ. Lightly rubbed an edges and back panel. Chipped with some tears on edges with some loss. Now in archival cover. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 044047

Item Description: Houghton Mifflin, Boston. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Chris Van Allsburg (illustrator). NOT EX-LIBRARY! SIGNED! Hardback book with DUST JACKET! The book is ALMOST LIKE NEW and has an AUTHENTIC Chris Van Allsburg bookplate with authentic signature placed boldy and neatly on the front endpaper. The VIBRANT DUST JACKET (NOT price-clipped $17.95) has a 3/4" tear on the back cover & light shelfwear. It still has the original gold Caldecott sticker on the cover! A NEW MYLAR COVER preserves the condition. This is the 19th printing of the 1981 edition. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 12479-x-C97